Autographic registers



July 28, 1959 A. B. COOKE f AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERS 5 sheets-sheet 1 Filed Aug. 4. 1958 B. `cooKl-z 2,896,970 AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERS July 28, 1959 vFiled Aug. 4. 1958 5 Sheets-Sheet` 2 A. B. COOKE vAUTQGRAPHIC REGISTERS July 28, 1959 5 sheets-sheep sv Filed Aug. 4, 195e July 2s, l1959 ,Au'rosmuHICjREQISTERS" A. B. Ac: ooKE 2,896,970

5 sheets-shef 4 v Filed Aug'. '4.41958 /4 i j I l :4 v I *loa* July 28, 1959 A. B. cooKE 2,896,970

- AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERS Fild Aug. 4, 1958 5 sheets-sheet 5 y fg United States Patent O 2,896,970 AU'rooRAP-rnc REGISTERS Allen B. Cooke, Danville, `lll. :Application 'August 4, 195s, serial No. 752,714 A claims. (Cl. 282-16) The present invention relates to autographic registers, and is particularly concerned with improvements in the autographic registers covered by my prior patent on autographic registers, No. 2,743,944, issued May 1, 1956.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of an improved autographic register, the structure of which is more simple than the devices of the prior art, and which permits the installation of the tickets used lin the register with greater ease and facility by reason of the fact that one of the rollers is carried by the upper cover, which is movably mounted so that the rollers and gears are adapted to be separated for this purpose.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved autographic register of the type in which the rollers may be separated, having special provision for maintaining the timing of the gears when they are brought together again by the closure of the.cover,movably supporting the upper roller and its gears.

Another object of the -invention is the provision of an improved autographic register which is simpler in construction, which includes a minimum number of parts, which may be manufactured at ya lower cost, and which is adapted to be operated more efficiently and with less possibility of trouble than any of the devices of the prior art.

Another object of the invention is the provision of improved means for securing the gears of the two rollers in proper position for re-engagement so that itheprollers, which bear cams for feeding the paper tickets, are in proper relation to each other when they are re-eng'aged `after opening the cover for the insertion of tickets or for other purposes.

Another object of the invention Ais the provision of an improved autographic register which is adapted to be used for filing the top original ticket and dispensing one or more lower tickets to the customer, and which may be adapted to be modified slightly for 'dispensing the top ticket yand filing the lower tickets.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved autographic register in which the tickets are torn off against the feed roller, thereby eliminating the necessity for a tear-off edge, Vand in`w hich the feed rollers are mounted for resilient pressurey toward each other into engagement with the paper tickets.

Another objectV of the invention is the provision of improved latching means for lsecuring the cover, which cannot be latched untilboth sides of the cover are moved down into proper position,r thereby insuring uniform pressure on both ends of the feed rollers and on both sets of feed discs vand cams.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved autographi'c register structure which is adapted to be employed with ticketsthat are already provided with carbons or with carbons so located that the tickets slide over xed carbons or which may beiemployed with copying sheets ofthe type 'having vatchemical on thev Micc Another object of the invention is the provision of improved ticket and copy sheet `assemblies in which the chemicals are carried by separate sheets so that the tickets do not carry these abrasive coatings and the punches and shears that are used on the tickets are not damaged by abrasive chemical coatings now used on some types of tickets. I Other objects and advantages of -the invention will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of reference indicatesimilar parts throughout the several views.

. Referring to the five sheets of drawings accompanying Y the specification;

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of an autographic register embodying the invention; vFig. 2 is a side elevational view of the register of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, taken on the plane of the line 3-3 of Fig. l, looking in the direction of 4the arrows, in a register of the type of Fig. 2, which dispenses top tickets and files lower tickets;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view, taken on the plane of the line 4 4 of Fig. 1, showing a modified form of register which les the top tickets and dispenses lower tickets;

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the registerof Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional View, taken onu/the plane of the line 6 6 of Fig. l, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional View, taken on the plane of the line 7-7 of Fig. 2, looking inthe direction of -the arrows;

Fig. 8 is a view in perspective of a directing guide used for directing lower tickets downward;

Fig. 9 is a similar view of a modified form of guide;

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary sectional View, taken on 'the plane of the line 10'-10 of Fig. 6, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 1l is a fragmentary sectional view, taken on the plane of the line 11--11 of Fig. 6, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken on the l plane of the line 12-12 of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken on the plane of the line 13--13 of Fig. 6, looking in the direc-Iy 1 tion of the arrows;

Fig. 15 is a similar view showing the pawl automaticalward the top.

ly withdrawn by closure of the cover; t

,Fig. 16 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken on the plane of the line 16-16 of Fig. 15, looking in the direction of the arrows. A V

Referring to Figs. 1-3, the present autograph regis-ters` arepreferably enclosed in a casing 20 having asheet metal bottom wall 21, which is bent upwardly at both ofy its sides to provide sheet metal side walls 22 and 23 of substantially rectangular form, buthslightly tapered'to- The bottom wall 21'carries a pair of pivoted end wall: members24. and 25, each of which is pivoted tothebottom wall by means of a sheet metal yhinge Ztar'idn 27 and,Tl weldedto thebottom wall 21`and to the end Awalls24 ;v

and 25 andprovided with pintles 28, 29, v f l The end cover member 25 extends4 upwardly Jto lformp. the encl wall V30 rand has a'horizontal portion y3l h(Y terminates at 32 in Fig. 3, inthe 'bottomfilingnand op' dispensing type of machine. 'i

In the top filing and Ybottom dispensing type .of mac4 of Fig. .4 the end wall member 25a has an upwardly turned portion 33 which terminates at 34 beneath the box-like portion 35 of the end covermember 24a of F1'g'.4.

The end cover members 24 or 24a both have the end wall portions 36 and the elongated top wall portions 37, the top wall being in each case provided with a rectangular window 38 for exposing the ticket upon which the record is to be made. The elongated top wall 37 in each case has a box-like portion 35 for enclosing the feed rollers and having an upwardly extendingwall 39, a horizontal portion 40, and a downwardly extending Wall 41.

The cover member 2,5 is preferably'provided with a tumbler barrel lock 42, the barrel of which carries a rotating locking bolt 43 for engaging a keeper 44 carried by the side walls. Keeper 44 comprises a channelled bar havingvflanges 45 at its ends weldedto the side walls.

Thus the housing is locked at its left end in Fig. 3 to prevent unauthorized access to the used tickets'which bear records;` but the other cover member 24 need not Vbe locked. The cover member 24 or 24a is provided with latching means adapted to be controlledfby a finger lever 46 `(Fig. 4) which projects upwardly through an aperture in the box-like portion 35.

This finger lever is pivotally mounted on the downwardly extending wall portion 41 of the box 35 by means of a bracket 47 having a flange 48 spot welded to the wall portion 41 and having a U Y shaped flange 49 with a through pin 50 for pivoting the lever 46. The lever 46 is pivotally connected by means of hook shaped ends 51, 52 to a pair of wire connecting rods 53, 54, each of which has its other hook shaped end pivotally connected at 55 and 56 to the latching plungers 57, 58.

The box-like formation 35 in each case (Fig. 6) carries the bearing blocks 59, 60, which have guide sleeves 61, `62` for guiding the plungers 57 and 58, which serve as latching bolts. Plungers 57, 58 slide in cylindrical bores 63, 64 and have tapered rounded ends'65, 66 for guiding the plungers into round apertures in the keeper plates 67, 68 fxedly mounted on the side walls 22 and 23, inside the box-like portion 35. t

The finger lever 46 projects from a slot 69 in the boxlike portion 35 and is pivotedY one way to release the end cover member 24, and in the opposite direction to latch the end cover member 24; but the cover cannot be latched until both sides of the cover have been pressed down firmly, until both of the plungers 57, 58 register with the apertures in the keeper plates 6'7, 68, thereby insuring uniform pressure on the feed rollers at both ends of the feed rollers.

The bearing blocks 59. and 60 are secured Vto the top flange 70 of an angle member having a vertical flange 71 welded to the inside of the vertical wall 39 of the boxlike formation 35 so that top flange 70 resiliently supports the bearing blocks 59 and 60, urging the bearing blocks 59 and 60 and the feed roller 72 carried by cover member 24 or 24a toward the lower feed roller 73.

The upper feed roller 72 preferably comprises a cylindrical shaft 74 rotatably mounted in bearings 75, 76 in the bearing blocks 59 and 60. The upper feed roller 72 preferably carries a pair of feed discs 77, 78, the radius of which is such that the edges 79 and 80 of these discs engage the edges 81, 82 of the feed discs 83, 84 carried by the lower roller 73.

VThe lower feed discs 83, 84 are of minimum radius so that the lower roller 73 mayV serve as a tear-olf surface against which the lower tickets may be torn olf in Fig. 4.

One type of ticket used with the present register is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and indicated bythe numeral 85. This type of ticket has punched holes 86, 87,'Y

which are large enough to prevent the feed discs 77, 78, 83,; 84 from engaging any part of the ticket, the discs engagwing each other when the ticket reaches this point, this being the point at-which its major portion is in registry- Withthe window 38. A

At this point the'discs no longer feed the paper tickets;

but the cams, indicated at 88, 89, come into engagement with the paper tickets adjacent their outer edges, where there are no holes, when the cams are in the position of Fig. 11. There are two pairs of these cams, shown on the shaft 72, and indicated at 88 and 89 in each case.

The cams are pressed toward each other by the resilient action of the angle flange 70, on which the bearing blocks 59 and 60 are mounted.

' the side wallr22 when the cover is closed, so thatthe pawl 95 is `automatically Vreleased when the cover is closed and they gears are meshed.

The lower shaftn73'has its cylindrical end portions 99 and 100 rotatably mounted in bearings formed in bearing plates 101 and 102 carried by the side walls. The pinion carried by lower shaft 73 is wide enough in an axial direction to engage not only the teeth on the pinion 90 of the other roller, but it also engages the inside teeth 103 of an internal gear '104, which may be made of plastic or die cast, being provided with an integral crank 105 and shaft 106.

The crank arm 107 is provided with a rotatably mounted handle 108; and thev shaft 106 is rotatably mounted in a bearing 109 carried by the side wall 23. The shaft 106 has a thrust bearing 110 at its outer end and is provided with a washer 111 engaging the end of the bearing 109 and with a retaining spring 112 located in a groove 113 in the end of the shaft.

The internal gear 104 also acts as a cover for the gear teeth 103; and the pinion 91 and the number of teeth in these gears are so related that a single turn of the crank` arm 105 is sufficient to move a ticket over its full length from one position tothenext position, the tickets being attached to each other and separated by lines of perfora-Y tions.

In order to stop the ticket in the proper position when the cams 4are ready to take over further movement of the ticket, the Vside wall 23 Vis provided'with a spring pressed plunger 114 adapted to project into the path of the crank arm 105, asshown in Fig.` 7.v 1 v This plunger 114 is slidably mounted in a cylindrical housing 115, the end of which may be reduced at 116 and secured in the side wall 23. The housing 115 has a cylindrical bore 117 containing'a `compression coil spring t 118 seated against the riveted-over end 119 of the housingY and engaging a collar 120 on plunger 114.

The cylindrical end 121 of plunger 114 slides in bore 122and is constantly pressed outward to be located in the path of the crank arm 105; but the plunger may be pressed'` backward into its housing to permit the crank to pass it;

' and this is done with thethumb or other finger before rotating the crankY once. f Y

The teeth of pinion 91 are meshed with teeth 103 of the interna-l gear at such a point that the cams engage each other when the handle is at the end of its movement, en-V gaging stop plunger 114. :At this time the feed discs areV also engaging eachother, but Aengage each other through the holes 86, 87Yin ther paper tickets so that they no longer drive the ticket, which comes to a standstill. Y

Since the cover 24'may belifted` with the shaft 72 and gear 90, provision has ybeen, made to set this gear in proper position to ,bey timed with respect to gear 91 on the lower roller. This is accomplished by meansr of the pawl 95,v

which engages in the V Vgroove 93 wherrthe upper shaft has been turned by hand into thisY position.

If the handle'105 of the crank is in its lowermost position, engaging the plunger 114 when the pawl 95 is in theV groove 93, then the teeth of pinion 90 and teeth of pinion 91 will-mesh properly for timed operation of theupper and'lower rollers.

v Suitable instructions are to be placed in the cover for the user to move the handle 105 and the shaft 72 to the proper position for meshing of thegears before closing the cover. v

The pawl 95 rides on the periphery of the ratchet wheel 92, which has vonly one groove, when the gear teeth are not in the proper position; and the pawl 95 y snaps into the groove 93 when the gear teeth assume the proper position. TheA closure ,ofthe cover removes theI pawl 95 from the groove, permitting the shaft 72 to rotate freely.

The two covers 24 and 25 may be provided with inwardly projecting flanges 125, 126, 127, and 128, overlapping outside each of the side walls 22 and 23 to eiect a complete closure of the housing and aiinished appearance.

A bearing plate 129 maybe secured to the side housing 23 by the'screw bolts 130 (Fig. 2); and the bearing plate has a peripheral cylindrical llange 131 for housing the gear 91, whichis also partly housed by the peripheral liange 132 onthe internal gear 104, which latter flange supports the internal teeth 103.

The housing preferablywlias a central partition 133 supi ported by an angular attaching liange 134, which is welded to the bottom;` and .the partition separates the two stacks 1'35 and 136 of tickets. I l

In the embodiment of Fig. 3, which has the bottom-tiled tickets, the partition 133 extends up to a pointnear the top of the casing. Y

In the embodiment of Fig. 4, the partition 133a extends up to the guide housing 1.37, which comprises a box-like member registering with two side apertures 138 in the housing walls 22 and 23. In Fig. 4 the box-like guide 137 comprises a plane bottom 139, a right angular end llange 140, and a curved guide flange 141. This guide member 137 is attached to the side walls by downwardly turned attaching flanges 142. t

The curved guide member 141 extends up high Yenough to overlap another curved guide liange 143 (Fig. 8,) -on a pivoted guide member 144. Y -In order to support the paper of the ticketsfor writing, thereis aftable member 1,45 located beneath the window 38 and extendingfrom side to side of the top of the housing inside the side Walls 22 and 23. This table member 145 has Vdownwardly turnedside iianges 146 litting inside theY side walls 22 and 23 and bolted to the side walls by screw bolts. v

The table member 145 has a horizontal portion 147 under the window, but it is turned diagonally downward at 148 and has an upwardly sloping portion 149 at the end, where it receives new tickets. The sloping portion 1 49 has acurved supporting flange 150 welded` to a transverse bolt or rod,151, which is secured in the side walls 22 and 23 `by welding or riveting.

v `Thefside walls of the housing extend upwardly at 152 above the sloping portion 149 of the table and have an open groove 153 which leads to a forwardly extending slot 154 for supporting the carbons or other reproducing medium in the form of a sheet 155 supported by a transverse cardboard 156, which has its ends mounted in the slot 154.

The sheets'155 may be successive carbons or other reproducing medium, such as sheets supporting a chemical which makes marks under pressure when engaged by another chemical coating onrthe bottom of the tickets. Carbonsor. sheets supporting 1chemical. coatings may be used forv making copies, or these reproducing sheetsmay be eliminated .when the tickets themselves have bottom and top coatings that reproduce markings on second sheets undei, pressure of'a'pencil or stylus.` j 1 'f' -The box-like guide 137 extends from side to side of Ythe housing at the two holes 138; and in order to permit the 6 flange 158 to the end wall 140 and extending diagonally to the point 159, where itis welded to the bottom 139, guidingV a ticket 160 upward on the oor or bottom 139 ofthe housing. The strap157 may be only an inchwide, thereby exposing most of the bottom of the ticket edgewise at eitherhole 138. l

The housing is provided with one of the twopivoted guide members shown at 144 (Fig. 8) and 161 (Fig. 9), depending on the question whether it is the top ticket to be tiled orthe bottom tickets to be iiled.

In the embodiment of Fig. 3 the top ticket 162 is guided out of the aperture 163 below. the box-like housing' 35; but the bottom tickets 164 (Fig. 3) are directed downwardly by la curved Yguide flange 165 carried by the wall 31 of'cover 2.5. 't t V In this embodiment of the invention the pivoted guide `161 of Fig. 9 is employedand arrangedas follows. This guide comprises a thin sheet metal member having a curled flange 166 arranged about a pin 167, which extends from end to end and has its'ends pivoted in apertures 168 in A the sidewalls.

This pivoted gulde 161 extends rearwardly from its pin 167 and has its flange provided with tapered cut-outs 169, 170 near its ends for accommodatingthe feed discs 77, 78'- and permitting them to engage the paper.-

The pivoted guide has corner cut-outs 171,` 172 at its ends for accommodating the feeding cams 88 and per- `initting'them to engage the paper; 'but the main body of the flange of the pivoted guide 161 is adapted to be located in overlapping relation with the set of tickets under` the first ticket and over the second two tickets so that the iirstr ticketmay be guided upward and the other two tickets downwardinFig.3..Y

The guide is pivoted so thatit may be .directed upward when tickets` are being placed on thetable; and the cutout portions also permit the large apertures 86, 87 of the ticket assembly to be located directly over the lower discs 83, 84 sothat the tickets will be in proper relation tothe rollers when first installed. j

In the embodiment of Fig. 4 a different type of pivoted guide4144 is employed. This guide has the sameY pivot pin 167 located in theJ curled portion 166 ofthe guide 144;" and the ends of the pinare pivoted in the side wall apertures, as previously described.

The guide 144 has a lower curved flange 143 welded to its body for use vin directing tickets'downwardly from the rollers into the 'box-like memlber 137, as shown in Fig. 4. The guide 144 has the same end cut-outs171, 172 for exposing the cams to the paper. It has the same tapered cut-outs 169, 170'for exposing the paper to the feed discs H Itis so arranged, withv respect to the papers of the tickets thatY the uppermost ticket goes over` the topy of the guide 1,44 and is directed by a rearwardly extending tongue 173 under the cover 25a, where it is turned downwardly by the curved guide ange 165 that directs the tickets to "T olfV against `the lower roller-73 `at the approximate point lingers to get under and over aticket in this box-likelguide 137,@thzere is a 'metal strap157l secured by an attaching 75 'ti'Ihe operation ifv the embodiment lshown in FigsfZ and' 174,- 4wherethe.perforations' will be located. No other tear-olf edge need be provided, as the tickets tear off perf fectly against the lower roller 73.- The internal gear 104 is provided with a pawl 175 (Fig. v,13 )pivoted on a screw bolt 176 and spring pressed by a spring 177-against the internal teeth 103, permitting this gear'to rotate only.' in one direction, Awhich is the direction that feeds Ythe ltickets forwardly.

3 is as, follows: The rstrand second and the third tickets may be arranged in aA stack 136 in which the `rear ofthe front ticket and the rear of each succeeding ticket has a chemical coating that combines with the chemical coating on the front of the next ticket upon pressure contact with a pencil to make a record, in which case no` canbons are required. N Y

j In other types of tickets not so coated with chemicals carbon sheets may be employed between the tickets' on the table 145, or sheets which are coated` above and below with suitable chemical coatings may be used in the place of carbons to make copies.

The sets of tickets with suitable, reproducing means are secured end to end, divided by perforations and provided with the holes 86, 87, so that theY tickets feed continuously from the stack 136 over the curved end 150 and upward over the top of the table 145 to the rollers 7-2, 73, Where the tickets are located in synchronism withA the ldiscs and cams. Y Y Y Y The first set of tickets has its holes 86, 87 located directly over the lower discs 83, 84. The handlefis turned to its lowermost stopposition against the piu 114; and the upper roller is turned to such position that the pawl 95 is located inthe groove 93. p n

The cover is then moved downward to closed position; and both sides of the cover are pressed downward 'until the lever 46 (Fig. 12) may Ibe moved into the latching position shown in this figure. When the cover is closed, the tail 96 of pawl 95 engages Vthe upper'edge of the housing wall 22 and withdraws the pawl 95,-fromthe groove 93, freeing the upper roller Y'72.

The upper roller has been held in iixedvposition only until its gear 90 lbecomes properly meshed with gear 91.

When it is Idesired to use the register, the ticket, which is currently exposedthrough window 38, may lbe' made the subject of the desired record; and when iinished, the plunger 114 is pressed inward with the forenger until the crank 105 will pass the plunger; and the crank 105 is then ,given one full turn until it againl engages the plunger 114. Y

e' At the beginning of this motion the discs 77, 78 83,-84 'cannot drive the tickets because thediscs do not engage thepaper, l'but engage each other through the holesl 86, 87. However, the cams S8, 89iare engaging the tickets above and below; and the cams start to drive the tickets forwardly over their full length until the discs again reach the Vholes 86,-87 and engage each other-'without driving the tickets any further. Y

The tickets have now progressed over one Yfull length of ticket; and in Fig. 3 the top ticket is exposed at 162 to be torn ol at its perforations, while being held by the cams 88, 89. vThe lower tickets have been turned downwarrdly by the curved guide 165; and `due to the folding` of the tickets in a continuous stack, the are guided into the stack 135.

In the embodiment of Fig; 4 the operation is thesame except the top ticket is directedV downwardly-into the stack135, while the lower tickets are directed' into the open space 138in the box-like member` 137 to be torn ol against the roller .173. Y

' If desired, a suitable roller may be provided adjacent the edgek 163 (Fig. 3) against which the upper ticket 162 may be torn off so that theY tear-off is located atthe same point on the ticket in Yeach type ofmachi'n'ejbutV I prefer to provide a curved portion 180v on thedepending wall 41 of the box-like housing 35',Y ,againstiwhich'the ticket may tbey torn cleanly like it 4is'` torn' on the roller 73 in Fig.' 4.

There isa [great advantage in storingthetop ticket because noY one can tell whether there Vhas been a mishap in the' making of a recording 'oni/lower, tickets. When thetop ticket is givenaway in the machine of Figs. 2 and" 3, 4a failure of vthe feed in the n'lower tickets could possibly occur; and the user-'could operateuntil there were no" more top tickets, only to iindfthat there had 8V Y been a recording only' on' the `top ticket; and, thelop tickets have'been given away,`leaving* no, record of an entire days sales o r of an amountofY sales equivalent to' i the stack of top tickets Ythat have Ybeen given away.`

Where the bottom tickets are given away, as shown in Fig. 4, and' the top ticket lis stored, the best record'is kept; and every time a ticket is made out the copies can be observed before they are given away to make sure that a proper record is being made and preserved in the form of the top ticket.

lt will thus be observed that I have invented improved forms of autographic registers which may be adapted to dispense the top ticket and preserve lower tickets, or with slight modication may be adapted to dispense lower tickets and preserve `the top ticket. Y The construction of the present machine is simple and still takes the threading or loading of the tickets with the greatest of ease, since the top roller is lifted with the cover to expose the tickets.

Provision'is'made for placing the rollers in proper position for synchronism of the cams and discs with the tickets; and the upper roller is held in proper position by a pawl and ratchetY groove until the cover is closed, which" automatically withdraws the pawl.

The tear-oli can be made directly against the lower roller, without any special tear-olf edge; and resilient pressure between the feed discs and holding cams is assured by resilient mounting of the bearing blocks for the upper roller. i

The latching mechanism for the vcover cannot'be latched until both sides are fully closed; and this assuresV the same pressure on both sets of'cams.

While I have illustrated a preferred embodiment o f my' invention, many modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I doV not wish to be lim'ited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of all changes within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and Ydesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: Y

l. A registercomprisinga housingV Yof substantially rectangular shape, having a storage space for unused tickets at one end and another storage space for usedA tickets'at the other end, the said housing having an open top, closed by two covers pivoted on the ends of the housing, one of said covers having-a rectangular Window opening exposing one of a continuous series of perforated and punched tickets', atable member carried Vby the housing below said window to provide' a backing for the act of writing on said tickets,"said tickets; being arranged in setsV witha suitable reproducingmedium: forv making' records on the lower"tickets,afirs t feed r'oller rotatably mounted on the side Walls of the housing and a1 [second feed roller rotatably mounted on one of' said: covers, the feed rollers being separable for placement of tickets in the machine, meshing gears'caried by the roller'sfor synchronized drive, and means-connected to the rollers to place the rollers in properV rotative position for remeshing of the'gears' after separation by' lifting the cover to place the tickets.

2. A register accordingto claim 1,in which the `lower roller is'driven by an internally-toothed gear provided with a crank and rotatably mounted 'on' the side wall assembly into place.

of the housing, oneV rotation Vof. the latter gear causingthe rollersl to' progress" suiciently to mpve 'a' new.ticket 3. A registerv according` to? claim` 1,.l in which vthe upper roller is provided at'its end withafspring'pressied pawl and a retaining cam hffilza; Vishapednotch for re CeVn-g the PlWl.v andihgldna the ,gears inremeeshing position.- i. Y Y

lever so that the cover cannot be latched until both sides are moved into the closed position.

5. A register according to claim 1, in which said second feed roller is rotatably mounted in bearing blocks carried by the said cover on which it is mounted, said latter cover having an angle member with one ange welded to said latter cover and the other flange resiliently supporting said bearing blocks and pressing the second roller against the rst roller.

6. A register according to claim l, in which the housing supports a cylindrical member having a reduced portion mounted in an aperture in the side wall of the housing, said member having a bore containing a helical coil spring and a cylindrical plunger having a collar engaged by the spring and urging the plunger outward into the path of a crank for driving the rollers, the plunger being pressed in by a finger before rotating the crank one turn.

7. A register according to claim 2, in which the internal gear houses a pawl pivotally mounted on the housing, and having its end spring pressed into engagement with the internal teeth so that the internal gear can rotate only in one direction.

8. A register according to claim 1, in which the side walls support a guide plate pivoted on a transverse pin 10 mounted in apertures in the side Walls and located at the discharge end of the rollers and extending between the rollers, but having cut-outs. at its leading edge, permitting the feed rollers to engage the tickets at the cut-outs, said guide plate directing the upper and lower tickets above and below said guide plate.

9, A register according to claim 8, in which the said guide plate 'directs the top ticket out of an aperture in the cover, while the lower tickets are directed downwardly and deposited inside the housing.

10. A register according to claim 8, in which the guide plate has a rearwardly extending tongue directing the uppermost ticket over the guide plate and under the cover, where it is turned down by a curved guide flange and folded in a stack, while the lower tickets are directed downwardly below the guide plate and backwardly by another curved ange and exposed on a strip in a side open box to be torn off against the lower roller.

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